Helaman 4:6 Textual Variants

and the Nephites and the armies of Moronihah were driven even [into 1ABCDEFGHIJLMNOPQRST|unto K] the land of Bountiful

Here the 1892 RLDS edition accidentally replaced into with unto, probably because the preposition unto appears in a similar phrase at the end of the preceding verse: “even unto the land which was near the land Bountiful” (Helaman 4:5). The 1908 RLDS edition restored the original into in verse 6. As explained under Helaman 3:3, either preposition is theoretically possible with verbs of motion, although into is preferred in the Book of Mormon. With the verb drive, there are three other instances, and once more into is more frequent:

Alma 18:7 that thereby they might drive away many that were scattered unto their own land
Alma 50:7 yea and they went forth and drave all the Lamanites which were in the east wilderness into their own lands
Helaman 11:29 they were driven back even into their own lands

Summary: Maintain in Helaman 4:6 the original preposition into in the phrase “even into the land of Bountiful”.

Analysis of Textual Variants of the Book of Mormon, Part. 5

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